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Context Title:	Diqdiqqeh \| DQ
Context Name (Publication):	Diqdiqqeh
Context Name (Excavation):	Digdiggah; DQ
Context Name (Excavation):	Railway site
Context Description:	Essentially a suburb of the ancient city, this area is located about 2 km to the northeast of the ziggurat of Ur. The precise extents of Diqdiqqeh were never defined, but Woolley referred to it as the low ground between the main railway line and the branch that went to Nasiriyeh. The train lines no longer run in the same place they did in Woolley's day, but Corona images allow us to recreate their paths. This makes the general boundaries west, south, and east somewhat known but how far it stretched north is not completely clear. From the first season workers walking across this area picked up surface finds and brought them to Woolley. At that time the location did not have a fixed name in Woolley's mind and thus first season references sometimes say 'near the railway' or 'near Munshid's water engine.' In the second season Woolley decided to investigate more systematically, but after two days of excavation he decided there was not enough remaining architecture to reward further work. Instead, he continued to allow the workers to gather finds over the next ten seasons, and many later catalog cards state "brought in: Diqdiqqeh" The finds from Diqdiqqeh indicate that the ancient suburb played a role in manufacturing and perhaps in commerce. Canals seem to have met in the area and boats may have unloaded goods here. Many figurines, tools, moulds and other crafting items are among the finds, suggesting that Diqdiqqeh may have been an industrial area away from the main habitation. The so-called Treasury of Sin-Iddinam was also excavated in this general area in season 5. In the Antiquaries Journal of January 1925, Woolley described Diqdiqqeh as follows: A mile and a half NE. of the ziggurat, between the main railway line and the Nasiriyah branch, there is a patch of low-lying ground, occasionally cultivated, which the natives call Diqdiqqeh... a happy hunting-ground for treasure-seekers, and I took advantage of this fact to collect from the natives the scattered antiquities which they might bring to light.
Season Number:	01: 1922-1923

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
16464	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta Figurine. Moulded. Bearded god. (A) Broken away below waist. [drawing 1:1]
16465	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Goddess enthroned. poor. [drawing 1:1]
16466	(none)	1931,1010.395	(none)	Terracotta Figurine. Relief of bearded man. (A) Broken off below knees. [drawing 1:1]
16467	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Bearded man with bird. (A) Broken off at waist. [drawing 1:1]
16468	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta Figurine. Bearded Man (A) Broken at waist. [drawing 1:1]
16469	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Bearded and horned god. (A) Broken off at chest. [drawing]
1647	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Blue stone. Irregularly cylindrical, with no trace of device.
16470	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Bearded horned god. (A) Broken off at waist, a poor flaccid impression. [drawing]
16471	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Goddess Bau enthroned. (A) Poor flaccid impression, but complete except for feet. [drawing 1:1]
16472	(none)	1931,1010.383	(none)	Terracotta Figurine. Bearded Man. (A) Broken off at waist. [drawing 1:1]
16473	(none)	1931,1010.445	(none)	Terracotta Figurine. Female figure. (A) Broken away at thighs, a good impression. [drawing]
16474	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. God, full face, with curls and beard. (A) Broken off at waist, but a good impression.
16475	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta Figurine. In high relief. The type is that of III C.U., but from a different mould, with elongated face and big nose. Moulded in red clay, covered with creamy slip. It looks like kassite work, very coarse and ugly. Broken away at hips.
16476A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. In very high relief. Type III C.A.. (A) Nude female figure with hands clasped over breast; head missing; probably same type as III, C.AA. Well modeled and designed in bright red clay; (B) Probably Torso only; fine bold modelling. AH. from filling of house of the latest period just SE of the Khan (Paternoster Row So. 15).
16476B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. In very high relief. Type III C.A.. (A) Nude female figure with hands clasped over breast; head missing; probably same type as III, C.AA. Well modeled and designed in bright red clay; (B) Probably Torso only; fine bold modelling. AH. from filling of house of the latest period just SE of the Khan (Paternoster Row So. 15).
16477	(none)	1931,1010.385	(none)	Terracotta Figurine. Small seated goddess. Type VI, 10 (A) Rough impression, complete to knees only.
16478A	31-43-453	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Bearded and horned god carrying mace and axe: Type VII, 3. (A) From waist upwards only. (B) From crossed hands upwards: (C) Head missing above mouth, body complete.
16478B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Bearded and horned god carrying mace and axe: Type VII, 3. (A) From waist upwards only. (B) From crossed hands upwards: (C) Head missing above mouth, body complete.
16478C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Bearded and horned god carrying mace and axe: Type VII, 3. (A) From waist upwards only. (B) From crossed hands upwards: (C) Head missing above mouth, body complete.
16479	(none)	1931,1010.434	(none)	Terracotta relief. 2 bearded Gods facing each other and carrying the litmus. Type I,b.A. (A) Fragment from waist upwards, in poor condition.
1648	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Clay. Presentation to deity, broken.
16480	(none)	1931,1010.407	(none)	Terracotta relief. Nude goddess standing on a lion. Type XII. 1. (A) Fragment the lion complete, but only the feet of the goddess left.
16481A	(none)	1931,1010.407	(none)	Terracotta relief. Woman's head with disk(?) below. (A) Flat and much worn. Very coarse modeling and face peculiar perhaps Kassite?; (B) Very poor impression and complete. (C) Complete. [drawing 1:1]
16481B	31-43-382	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Woman's head with disk(?) below. (A) Flat and much worn. Very coarse modeling and face peculiar perhaps Kassite?; (B) Very poor impression and complete. (C) Complete. [drawing 1:1]
16481C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Woman's head with disk(?) below. (A) Flat and much worn. Very coarse modeling and face peculiar perhaps Kassite?; (B) Very poor impression and complete. (C) Complete. [drawing 1:1]